Herman Cain

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News about Herman Cain, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 29, 2012

Newt Gingrich picks up the endorsement of Herman Cain, his former rival for the Republican presidential nomination, as he barrels through a series of speeches and town-hall-style meetings in Florida, vowing to stay in the nominating race until the very end. MORE

Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 8, 2011

Gail Collins Op-Ed column notes the only part of Herman Cain's last chapter that remains at all interesting is Ginger White, the accuser who has been given credit in some corners for bringing down his presidential campaign. MORE

Dec. 4, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suspends his campaign, remaining unapologetic and defiant even as he abandons race in the face of escalating accusations of sexual misconduct; pledges to continue to promote his tax and foreign policy plans; collapse follows latest Iowa poll showing that Cain's supporters are gravitating toward Newt Gingrich. MORE

Dec. 2, 2011

Matt Bai Political Times column argues that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's unexpected political rise offers a window into the craving for genuine political outsiders in American politics, and why they so rarely succeed. MORE

Dec. 1, 2011

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren faces questions about whether she should have disclosed the friendship between her husband, noted Washington lawyer John Coale, and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, whose wife Gloria granted van Susteren an exclusive interview shortly after Cain was accused of sexually harassing several women. MORE

Dec. 1, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain remains defiant even as pressure mounts for him to withdraw from the 2012 race amid an escalating scandal about his sexual conduct; nothing in Cain's actions suggest that he is considering a halt to his campaign, as he engages in yet another whirlwind day of engaging with voters in Ohio and New Hampshire. MORE

Nov. 30, 2011

Herman Cain weighs dropping his Republican presidential bid, uncertain that he can withstand report of an extramarital affair on the heels of accusations of sexual harassment and stumbling foreign policy responses; leading conservative voices and backers, who stood by Cain enthusiastically throughout scandal, have begun to back away from him. MORE

Nov. 29, 2011

Atlanta woman Ginger White claims that she and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain had what she calls a 13-year affair; Cain disputes claim, although he says he knows her and had tried to help her financially in the past. MORE

Nov. 19, 2011

Caucus column; Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain's prolonged attempted explanation of his mangled answer to a question about Libya raises new questions about his foreign policy qualifications. MORE

Nov. 15, 2011

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain becomes flustered when asked to assess President Obama’s policy toward Libya, raising new questions about his command of foreign policy as he lurches over five minutes from awkward pauses to halting efforts to address the issue. MORE

Nov. 15, 2011

Gloria Cain, the least visible of all the spouses in the Republican presidential field, defends Herman Cain, her husband for 43 years, against accusations of sexual harassment; she has avoided a public role in his campaign. MORE

Nov. 15, 2011

Editorial excoriates Republican presidential hopefuls Herman Cain, Michele M Bachmann and Mitt Romney for supporting the illegal act of waterboarding; asserts that those who promise to defend the United States by using torture are degrading the nation's reputation and refusing to honor its moral standards. MORE

Nov. 11, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has been forced to recalibrate his campaign behavior toward women in an atmosphere newly colored by sexual harassment allegations. MORE

Nov. 11, 2011

Lawyer representing Karen Kraushaar, who has accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment, says that Kraushaar will not talk to the news media until and unless the other women who have accused Cain of harassment agree to come forward together. MORE

Nov. 10, 2011

L Lin Wood, lawyer hired by Herman Cain to fend off mounting accusations of sexual harassment, warns other women who are considering coming forward to 'think twice;' comment alludes to intense media scrutiny, and in some cases animosity, that has so far been endured by accusers Sharon Bialek and Karen Kraushaar. MORE

Nov. 9, 2011

Herman Cain holds nationally televised news conference to again deny all allegations of sexual harassment, even as another woman, Karen Kraushaar, comes forward to publicly accuse him. MORE

Nov. 9, 2011

Alessandra Stanley TV Watch column on formal press conference held by Herman Cain holds that very fact that he held a news conference suggests that the sexual harassment scandal plaguing his campaign has changed it, even if it has not sunk it. MORE

Nov. 8, 2011

Sharon Bialek is first woman to publicly claim that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain made unwanted sexual advances toward her in 1997; says she asked Cain for employment help when he was National Restaurant Assn chief and that he suggested she engage with him sexually in return for his assistance; says she decided to speak publicly to support other women who have made accusations against Cain but who have remained anonymous because of either fear or legal arrangements. MORE

Nov. 7, 2011

Political Memo; efforts by Herman Cain to move past sexual harassment scandal are thwarted as rival Republican presidential candidate Jon M Huntsman Jr calls on Cain to be more forthcoming in responding to accusations. MORE

Nov. 6, 2011

Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich share stage in Houston for what is styled as an old-fashioned issues-focused debate; harassment accusations against Cain do not come up in congenial meeting. MORE

Nov. 5, 2011

Joel P Bennet, the lawyer for one of the women who has accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment, says that multiple incidents of inappropriate behavior led to a formal complaint in 1999 and accuses Cain of not telling the truth about his behavior; Cain has denied the accusations and is seeking to move past the controversy. MORE

Nov. 5, 2011

Charles M Blow Op-Ed column holds that presidential aspirations of Herman Cain, an unorthodox candidate with unprecedented ascendance in a Tea Party age, may not suffer as much as expected from sexual harassment scandals; holds Cain is somewhat immune to 'poison arrows' simply because he is the anti-Obama to a growing body of Americans who view Pres Barack Obama as unqualified and even illegitimate. MORE

Nov. 4, 2011

One of women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment while working for him in 1990s complained that workplace turned hostile after she alleged that he made sexual advances toward her during a work-related outing. MORE

Nov. 4, 2011

Mark Block's management of sexual harassment allegations enveloping Herman Cain's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is under scrutiny as Cain gives evolving explanations of his contact with women at restaurant trade group and legal settlements reached with them. MORE

Nov. 3, 2011

Herman Cain’s presidential campaign is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in goods and services from Prosperity USA, tax-exempt organization founded by his chief of staff Mark Block, raising prospect of violations of tax and election laws. MORE

Nov. 3, 2011

Editorial argues that the way Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has handled his first crisis should cause even his more voters to question whether he is worthy of their support. MORE

Nov. 3, 2011

Gail Collins Op-Ed column contends much of political news of last few months, like anything about Herman Cain, has been lively discussion topics devoid of actual meaning; predicts Herman Cain presidency is extremely unlikely. MORE

Nov. 2, 2011

National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain made her uncomfortable working there; second woman, who also accused Cain of sexual harassment, calls on association to release her from a confidentiality agreement signed as part of her settlement; revelations increase pressure on Cain, who has stated that settlements had been negligible and that claims were without merit. MORE

Nov. 2, 2011

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column weighs in on sexual-harassment scandal that has rocked the presidential campaign of Herman Cain; notes that, aside from grabbing some headlines as the improbable shooting-star candidate, Cain was never a serious contender for the Republican nomination. MORE

Nov. 1, 2011

Herman Cain, surprise leader in the Republican race for the presidency, acknowledges that he was accused of sexual harassment while chief of the National Restaurant Assn in the 1990s, but he denies wrongdoing in an episode that has consumed his rising candidacy; maintains that he was falsely accused and that internal investigations at the time corroborated as much. MORE

Oct. 31, 2011

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain contends voters are overcoming their hesitations about his ability to gain the nomination, citing surge in his polls. MORE

Oct. 29, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is becoming known for walking back provocative statements made in a shoot-from-the-hip speaking style, which raises questions about his grasp of issues and his readiness for office; his pattern of revising himself has alarmed some social conservatives in the early-voting states of Iowa and South Carolina. MORE

Oct. 27, 2011

Republican Herman Cain’s presidential campaign has generated much promise, but it may have undermined itself with questionable decisions and a series of missteps; slip-ups, including Cain's contradictory and sometimes befuddling remarks, have led to the impression that Cain lacks focus and preparation. MORE

Oct. 23, 2011

Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate who has cast himself as a Washington outsider, got his start in politics as an industry lobbyist; Cain ran the National Restaurant Association for three years, transforming it from a sleepy trade group into a lobbying powerhouse; role gave him access to Republican networks that enabled him to start his political career. (Series: The Long Run) MORE

Oct. 20, 2011

Allies of Republican presidential contender Herman Cain have formed super PAC Americans for Herman Cain, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on his behalf in hopes of helping him catch up to better-financed rivals. MORE

Oct. 19, 2011

Herman Cain's humor distinguishes him from rivals in hunt for Republican presidential nomination, but not all of his attempts at comedy succeed. MORE

Oct. 19, 2011

Oct. 17, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain adopts as his theme song I Am America, anti-establishment anthem written by Michael Branch and recorded by his wife Krista; song resonates with Tea Party members. MORE

Oct. 17, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's lack of political experience can be seen in missteps as he confronts questions about his tax plan. MORE

Oct. 16, 2011

Oct. 16, 2011

Harvard University history Prof Jill Lepore Op-Ed article contrasts the so-called Tea Party populism that is fueling Herman Cain's surge of popularity in the Republican presidential nomination contest with the economic philosophy of Henry George, the most popular American economic thinker of the 19th century. MORE

Oct. 15, 2011

Gail Collins Op-Ed column on book This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House by Herman Cain, who is the latest in list of 'peculiar' front-runners for Republican presidential nomination. MORE

Oct. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and his proposal to overhaul the tax code are getting intensive scrutiny as Cain continues to surge in national polls; his proposal is little more than a sketch of what would be a radical and complex overhaul of the tax system, and it has drawn fire from both conservatives and liberals. MORE

Oct. 13, 2011

Gail Collins Op-Ed column on Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire; says Rick Perry just sat like a big boulder with good hair, while the remaining candidates attacked Herman Cain for his 9-9-9 economic plan. MORE

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